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Making Ends Meet MAKING ENDS MEET RESOURCE AND INFORMATION GUIDE 2020 LOW INCOME GUIDE ii ‘MAKING ENDS MEET’ LOW INCOME RESOURCE AND INFORMATION GUIDE Produced by Casey North Community Information & Support Service & Cranbourne Information & Support Service. Proudly supported by City of Communities For Casey Children (20th Edition) October 2019 LOW INCOME GUIDE i Introduction This is the 20th edition of ‘Making Ends Meet’, the success of this project continues as all copies of previous editions have found their way into the local community. This information and resource guide has been compiled to assist people who do not have a particularly high income, manage to survive on a tight budget. The guide is an initiative of Casey North Community Information & Support Service, as many of the people presenting to that service were not aware of services and resources available to them that could make life that much easier. Casey North Community Information & Support Service and Cranbourne Information and Support Service combined forces to develop a resource that would be useful to all households in the City of Casey, but particularly for those households on a low income. The information contained in the guide is aimed at providing the most up to date information possible to enable people to access free or low cost services available to them. There are also tips and advice on ways that your budget may be stretched further, and low cost alternatives for things to do with your family and friends. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in the guide is correct at the time of printing, however we recognise that as soon as such a document is published details can change. If there is something that we have forgotten, something we have got wrong or some information that you would find useful in future editions? Please let us know by completing the form at the rear of the guide. Residents are also invited to send comments, ideas or useful information that they may have for further editions to the Information and Support Services. Each year the guide is updated with the assistance of our wonderful volunteers. We take this opportunity to thank them for their time and efforts. This guide and others we produce are also available on our website. In addition to the information that we provide in the guides each year, we also have a range of community information on our social media sites. These sites are updated very regularly and we encourage you to check them out for the most up to date information available. See links under our entries on page 1. Susan Magee Executive Officer ii LOW INCOME GUIDE CONTENTS Introduction ii Emergency Contact Numbers iv Information & Support Services 1 Free Internet Access 1 Managing Your Money 2 Shopping 5 Economising on the road and in the home 7 Services & Resources 9 Community Centres 10 Complaints and Disputes 11 Cultural Specific 13 Disability 16 Drug & Alcohol 19 Employment, Education & Income 20 Health 24 Housing 27 Legal 30 Seniors 32 Services for Women 33 Services for Men 34 Support Services 34 Welfare and General Services 38 Youth Services 41 Other Services 42 Things to do 43 Volunteering 47 Local Politicians 48 Casey at a Glance 50 Index 55 LOW INCOME GUIDE iii IMPORTANT NUMBERS Emergency Services Ambulance 000 Gas & Fuel (Leaks) 13 29 73 South East Water (Water & Sewerage) 13 28 12 Fire Brigade 000 City of Casey 03 9705 5200 Police 000 (Hearing Impaired TTY Line) 03 9705 5568 Cranbourne Police Station 03 5991 0600 Emergency outside normal working hours 03 9705 5200 Dandenong Police Station 03 9767 7444 Telephone Narre Warren Police Station 03 9705 3111 Interpreter Endeavour Hills Police Station 03 9709 7666 Service 13 14 50 Hospitals Casey Hospital 03 8768 1200 Victorian Poisons Information Dandenong Public 03 9554 1000 Centre Monash Medical Centre Clayton 03 9594 6666 Austin Hospital Monash Medical Centre Moorabbin 03 9928 8111 145 Studley Road South Eastern Private Hospital 03 9549 6555 PO Box 5555 St John of God Berwick 03 9709 1414 Heidelberg 3084 Valley Private Hospital 03 9790 9333 Phone: 13 1126 www.austin.org.au/poisons Suicide Help Line 1300 651 251 Lifeline (24 hours) 13 11 14 Provides information and advice on treatments for drug (Hearing Impaired TTY Line) 03 9662 9030 overdoses and poisoning. Sexual Assault Crisis Line 1800 806 292 Here are some helpful hints and tips to manage poisoning. These are the signs you need to look out for. Some signs and symptoms of poisoning include: • Danger — abdominal pain • Response — drowsiness • Airway — nausea/vomiting • Breathing • CPR — burning pains from mouth to stomach • Defibrillation — difficulty breathing — tight chest If the Casualty is conscious: — blurred vision 1. Check for Danger — odours of breath 2. Listen to casualty, provide reassurance to the child, but not advice — change in skin colour with blueness around lips 3. Determine the nature of the poisoning ie: try to — sudden collapse determine the type of poison taken and record it 4. Call 000 for an Ambulance Be warned, do not attempt to induce vomiting unless 5. Call 13 11 26 for Poisons information Centre advised by the Poisons Information Centre. These safety tips are no substitute for first aid If the Casualty is unconscious: knowledge, and the best way to be prepared is to complete a first aid course. 1. Follow St John Action Plan - DRABCD and call for an ambulance St John Ambulance Australia (Victoria) iv LOW INCOME GUIDE INFORMATION & SUPPORT SERVICES The City of Casey funds two Information and Support • No Interest Loan Scheme Services (formerly known as Citizens Advice Bureaus or • Tax Help CABs) to assist residents across the Municipality. Casey • Advocacy and Support North Community Information & Support Service is based • Emergency Relief at Narre Warren and assists all residents in the North of • Financial Counselling the Municipality (previously City of Berwick), and • Outreach Services Cranbourne Information and Support Service is based at Cranbourne and assists all residents in the South of the If there is any information or service that you require and Municipality (previously Shire of Cranbourne). you can not find it in this guide, contact your local As the title suggests, these centres provide a wide range of Information & Support Service and they will assist you to community information and support services to assist the locate that information. local community. There is also a variety of other support services that provide outreach services from the centres. Casey North Community Information & Support Service È Suite 2, 30-32 Verdun Dve Narre Warren VIC 3805 Phone: 9705 6699 Fax: 9705 6794 Email: [email protected] www.caseynorthciss.com.au È Facebook: facebook.com/caseynorthciss È Twitter: twitter.com/cnciss Pinterest: www.pinterest.com.au/caseynorthciss Services available: Wide range of information on community and local services, FREE INTERNET • Information in a range of different languages • Counselling and Social Work services ACCESS • No Interest Loan Scheme Many of the services listed in this guide have internet web • AddsUp Savings Plan sites that you can access to get more information. Here is • Financial Counselling a list of places where you can access the internet free of • Tax Help charge; • Advocacy and Support Berwick Library • Emergency Relief 15 High Street, Berwick 3806 • Financial Literacy & Support Program Phone: 9707 3519 • Keeping It Together Program Doveton Library Endeavour Hills Libracy • Legal Service 28 Autumn Place Raymond McMahon Boulevard Cranbourne Information & Support Service Doveton 3177 Endeavour Hills 3802 Phone: 9792 9497 Phone: 8782 3400 156 Sladen Street, Cranbourne 3977 È P.O. Box 5263, Cranbourne 3977 Hampton Park Library Narre Warren Library Phone: 5996 3333 22-26 Stuart Ave Bunjil Place Fax: 5996 3608 Hampton Park 3976 2 Patrick Northeast Drive www.cranbourneiss.org.au Phone: 8788 8500 Narre Warren 3805 email: [email protected] Phone: 8782 3300 Cranbourne Library È Facebook: facebook.com/cranbourneiss Berwick-Cranbourne Rd Pakenham Library Services available: Cranbourne 3977 Cardinia Mobile Library Wide range of information on community and local services, Phone: 5990 0150 Cnr John & Henry Sts • Counselling services Pakenha 3810 Phone: 5940 6200 LOW INCOME GUIDE 1 MANAGING YOUR MONEY Budgeting Concessions One of the first steps toward becoming financially fit is If you have a health care card, pension card or seniors to start a Budget. A budget can give you a snapshot card you may be eligible for concessions on services such of where your money goes or sometimes where it’s not as electricity, gas, water and council rates. There maybe going. several other concessions you are entitled to as well, check with the Department of Human Services 1300 650 172 Budgeting helps you take control of your money. It can or www.dhs.vic.gov.au/for-individuals/financial- reduce stress and anxiety around money issues and help support/concessions. you achieve your financial goals. Ensure that your expenditure does not exceed your Utility Relief Grant income, in other words spend less than you earn. The Utility Relief Grant is for eligible cardholders who are Try the budget worksheet on the next page or go to the unable to pay their mains electricity, gas or water bill due excel worksheet on the Casey North CISS Debt page to a temporary financial crisis. The amount of the grant www.caseynorthciss.com.au/debt-management. is based on the balance owing at the time of application If you would like assistance starting a budget or have and is capped at six months’ worth of usage up to a any queries, contact Casey North CISS to speak with a maximum of $500. This grant does not have to be paid Financial Counsellor 9705 6699 or back.
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